208 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



spots on neck, with body and tail gray-brown with white punc- 

 tations. 



The Luzon specimen is uniform gray-blue with no evidence 

 of markings of any sort. 



The Mindanao specimens form two groups; two specimens 

 are grayish green (in life) with extremely numerous, large, 

 quadrangular black spots arranged in irregular rows, which con- 

 tinue almost to end of tail; a lateral light streak along side of 

 body and tail, resembling somewhat Barbour's variety D. s. 

 moluccanum or de Rooij's D. s. celebense. Eight specimens have 

 the neck greenish, the scales dark-edged, a brown wash on the 

 back, and a green tail; of these eight, six have greenish white 

 spots dorsally, the other two are without them. Four specimens 

 in the lot are embryos and, unlike young specimens studied by 

 Barbour, they show markings similar to those on adults. One 

 pair of eggs found buried in a mass of arboreal plant roots 

 contained fully developed embryos resembling the two forms 

 above described, which led me to believe the color variation in 

 the Mindanao forms might be a sexual variation. At any rate, 

 I believe it impossible at present to relegate Philippine material 

 to subspecies, at least until a more complete series from more 

 localities is in hand. 



Remarks. — A common species, strictly arboreal; however, it 

 sometimes descends to the ground to feed. The eggs are usually 

 deposited in decaying wood about roots of arboreal plants, or the 

 stumps of rotting branches. They may be recognized by their 

 longitudinal striations. The species was present also on the 

 islands of the Sulu Archipelago. 



Genus LEIOLOPISMA Dumeril and Bibron 



Leiolopisma Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. 5 (1839) 742. 

 Leiolopisma Fitzinger, Syst. Rept. (1843) 22. 

 Lampropholis Fitzinger,, Syst. Rept. (1843) 22. 

 Mocoa Gray, Cat. Liz. (1845) 80. 

 Lipinia Gray, Cat. Liz. (1845) 84. v 



Oligosoma Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1857) 196. 

 Liolepisma Peters, Mion. Berl. Ak. (1864) 387. 



Lygosoma sec. Liolepisma Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 3 (1887) 

 211. 



Legs well developed, usually pentadactyl; the length of the 

 hind limb exceeds the distance between the center of the eye 

 and the forelimb; lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 



